Bungou Stray Dogs, created by Kafka Asagiri and written and illustrated by him, is returning with a new season for anime fans. Takuya Igarashi will be in charge of directing season 4. (who also directed Soul Eater).
The series will be produced by Studio Bones, which is based in Los Angeles. Currently, there is no release date for the anime series on the official website, which was not updated as of the time of writing.
However, a teaser image has been revealed, which was created by Nobuhiro Arai, who is also an animation director and character designer.
Production
- Takuya Igarashi is the director.
- Nobuhiro Arai is responsible for the character design.
- Youji Enokido wrote the script.
- studio bones was in charge of production.
Cast
- Osamu Dazai will be voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
- Doppo Kunikida will be voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya.
- Atsushi Nakajima will be voiced by Yuto Uemura.
- Naomi Tanizaki will be voiced by Chiaki Omigawa.
- Junichiro Tanizaki will be voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga.
Synopsis
The following is how Crunchyroll describes the series:
Nakajima Atsushi, who has been kicked out of his orphanage and is on the edge of starving to death, comes upon several weird men.A suicidal man named Dazai Osamu is one of them, and he is attempting to drown himself in broad daylight. A worried Kunikida Doppo stands nearby, flipping over a notepad with his spectacles on.
Both are members of the “Armed Detective Agency,” which is tasked with investigating crimes that even the military and police will not investigate.
Atsushi eventually joins them on a quest to destroy a man-eating tiger that has been terrorising the local populace.
The series was launched in 2012 by author Kafka Asagiri in Kodakawa’s Young Ace magazine, which continues to this day. The first season was adapted by Studio Bones in 2016.
The third season premiered in April of this year. Furthermore, a live-action film adaptation of the series dubbed “Bungou Stray Dogs: Beast” is in the works, with a release date set for January 2022 in Japan.